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Forming A Skin Flap On A Stalk

Iowa rates for HCPCS 15570

Raises a flap of skin and the fat beneath it that stays attached along one edge by a stalk carrying its blood supply, so the tissue can be moved to cover a nearby wound. The stalk keeps the flap alive until it builds a new blood supply where it has been placed. Further operations are usually needed to complete the transfer.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Forming A Skin Flap On A Stalk cost?

$3,810

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,810 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,622$1,096 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,514 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $5,623Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $891 to $2,512
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $1,622

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,370.32
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,344.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,949.84
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$954.99

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Iowa· 8th of 51

$3,810

$1,622 physician + $2,188 facility

AK $6,113DE $1,645

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.